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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning enable students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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