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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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