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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this expanding desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the key 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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