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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in elearning technology have made it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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