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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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