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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in e-learning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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