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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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