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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to be more aware of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also reviews the key 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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