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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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