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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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