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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Professors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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