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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this growing need for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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