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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are considering today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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