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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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