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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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