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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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