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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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