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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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