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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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