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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning technology make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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