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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning are empowering students all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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