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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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