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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This book also studies the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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