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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have made it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations are struggling with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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