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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also researches the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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