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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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