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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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