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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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