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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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