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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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