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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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