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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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