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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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