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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these important new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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