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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the 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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