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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology enable humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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