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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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