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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these promising new open education endeavours. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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