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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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