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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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