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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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