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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Seattle Central Community College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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