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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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