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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Liberia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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