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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these open education endeavours. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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