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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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