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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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