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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOCs are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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