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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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