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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Ecotech Institute to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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