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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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