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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to be more aware of these new open education undertakings. Educators want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this crescive desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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