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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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