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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning have enabled humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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