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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this need for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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