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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education undertakings. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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