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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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