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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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