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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in electronic educational technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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