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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational endeavours. Educators want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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