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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend these important new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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