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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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