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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these open education experiments. Lecturers want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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