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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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