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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these promising new open educational endeavours. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for facts the thrilling 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 examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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