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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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