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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kazakhstan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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