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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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