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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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