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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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