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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology enable learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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