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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education make it possible for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. People want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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