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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online education technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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