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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Belarus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this expanding demand for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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