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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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