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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in online education have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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