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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to understand these new open education endeavours. Public servants want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also talks about the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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