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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this crescive demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also investigates the most important 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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