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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cornell University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Scholars want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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