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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Everyone wants to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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