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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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