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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in distance learning technology enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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