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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Students want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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