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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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