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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Academics want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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