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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in digital education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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