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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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