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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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