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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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