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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in e-learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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