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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

Massively Open Online Courses (moocs)