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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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