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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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