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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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