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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in distance learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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