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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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