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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bhutan to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders need to understand these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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