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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Sudan to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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