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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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