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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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