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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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