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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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