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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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