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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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