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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling students all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to better comprehend these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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