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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for students 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 many subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open education undertakings. Students want to understand how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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