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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students 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 many issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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