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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this crescive need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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