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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this need for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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