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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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