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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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