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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are making it possible for humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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