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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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