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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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