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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in online education have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Educators want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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