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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Teachers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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