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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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