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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning enable people all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these important new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp 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 crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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