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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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