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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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