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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What 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 educators handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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