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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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