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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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