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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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