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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better grasp these open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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