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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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