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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning are empowering learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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