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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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