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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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