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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like India to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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