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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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