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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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