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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in online learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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