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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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