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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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