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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders want to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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