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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 massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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