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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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