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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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