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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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