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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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