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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Kitts and Nevis to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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