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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions are considering today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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