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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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