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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What 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 participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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