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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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