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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning technology are making it possible for humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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