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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online education are enabling students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business 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 stakeholders handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these new open educational experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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