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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This sensational new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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