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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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