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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Angola to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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