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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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