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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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