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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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