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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in digital education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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