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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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