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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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