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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this expanding demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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