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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. People want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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