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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions have to consider now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to understand these fascinating new open education undertakings. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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