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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are considering today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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