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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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