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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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