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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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