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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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