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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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