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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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