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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are considering now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Corporations want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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