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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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