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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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