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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are struggling with today because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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