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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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