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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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