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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better grasp these open educational undertakings. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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