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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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