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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online education have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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