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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Heard Island and McDonald Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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