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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in learning technology make it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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