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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New gains in e-learning make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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