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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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