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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always 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 subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Chile to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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