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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this growing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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