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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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