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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The Bahamas to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to be more aware of these open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To respond to this developing need for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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