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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these compelling new open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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