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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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