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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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