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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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