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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are dealing with now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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