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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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