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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in digital education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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