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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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