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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in digital education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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