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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better perceive these new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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