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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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