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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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