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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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