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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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