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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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