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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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