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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the major 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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