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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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