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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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