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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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