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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders want to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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