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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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