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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better grasp these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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