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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in learning technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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