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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Isle of Man to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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