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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are making it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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