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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in online education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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