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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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