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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these important new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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