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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also investigates the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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