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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kauffman Fellows Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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