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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education organizations have to consider now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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