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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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