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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education are enabling students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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