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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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