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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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