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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a increasing need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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