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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants certify that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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