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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these open education endeavours. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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