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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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