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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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