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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also analyzes 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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