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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning have enabled humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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