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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a increasing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these important new open educational initiatives. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive demand for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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