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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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