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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in blended learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. People want to perceive 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 knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. 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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