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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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