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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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