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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Education