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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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