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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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