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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning are enabling students all over the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend these new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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