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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants need to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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