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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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