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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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