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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in electronic education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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