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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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