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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators 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 innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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