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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Educators want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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