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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning have enabled people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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