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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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