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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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