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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Teachers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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