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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants want to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this growing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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