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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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