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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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