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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to understand these promising new open education experiments. Scientists want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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