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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education make it possible for people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tanzania to conduct these MOOC courses? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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