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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Students want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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