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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education have enabled learners in nations all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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