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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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