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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in digital education technology are enabling students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this developing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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