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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also describes the major 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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