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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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