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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in digital education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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