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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates 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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