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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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