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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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