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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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