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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology enable humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these exciting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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