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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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