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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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