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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have made it possible for humans all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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