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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education 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. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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