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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Clemson University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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