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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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