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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology enable humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Educators want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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