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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this increasing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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