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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this demand for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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