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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in learning technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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