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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online education technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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