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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education technology are empowering learners in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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