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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have made it possible for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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