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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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