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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling 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 enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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