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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open educational initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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