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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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