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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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