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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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