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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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