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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a need to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to better understand these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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