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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education enable learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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