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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 massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in elearning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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