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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in distance learning enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education endeavours. Academics want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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