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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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