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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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