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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This exciting new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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