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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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