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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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