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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in digital education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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