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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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