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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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