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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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