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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning enable students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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