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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Samoa to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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