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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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