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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better perceive these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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