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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to understand these important new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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