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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Vatican City to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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