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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning make it possible for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also researches the major 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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