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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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