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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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