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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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