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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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