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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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