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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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