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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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