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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more available there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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