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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants need to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This 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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