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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in digital education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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