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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the major 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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