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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to better understand these significant new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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