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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to better understand these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing need for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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