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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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