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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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