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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for data the inspiring 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 investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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