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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in elearning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these compelling new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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