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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to perceive how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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