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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these significant new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also describes the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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