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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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