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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in digital education technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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