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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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