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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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