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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in e-learning enable humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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