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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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