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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this growing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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