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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Baker Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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