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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to understand these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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