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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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