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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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