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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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