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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these exciting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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