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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turks and Caicos Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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