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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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