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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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