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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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