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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This 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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