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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is all right? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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