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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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