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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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