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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. 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. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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