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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in distance learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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