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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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