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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Teachers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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