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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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