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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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