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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to understand these open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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