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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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