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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these fascinating new open education experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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