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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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