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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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