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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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