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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning enable people all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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