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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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