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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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