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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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