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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational ventures. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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