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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in blended learning have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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