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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can we make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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