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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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