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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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