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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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