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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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