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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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