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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Benin to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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