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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This new book also investigates 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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