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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in online learning have enabled learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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