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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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