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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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