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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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