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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology have empowered humans all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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