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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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