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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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