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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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