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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Professors want to perceive how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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