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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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