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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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