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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are empowering learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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