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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend these open education experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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