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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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