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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in technology-enhanced learning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better perceive these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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