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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Croatia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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