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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open education undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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