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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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