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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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