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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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