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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Colombia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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