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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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