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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices 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 commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better grasp these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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