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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this developing desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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