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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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