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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Teachers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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