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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to understand these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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