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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better understand these exciting new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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