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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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