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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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