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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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