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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and numerous other participants need to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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