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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This book also explores the most important 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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