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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also researches the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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