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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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