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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Greece to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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