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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Professors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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