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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better comprehend these compelling new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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