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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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