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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education institutions are considering today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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