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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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