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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these intriguing new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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