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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education are enabling learners all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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