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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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