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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this expanding desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also investigates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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