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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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