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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology enable people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this need for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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