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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Everybody wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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