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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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