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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in online education technology are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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