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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest gains in learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the most important 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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