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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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