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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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