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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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