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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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