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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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