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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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