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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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