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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are empowering humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like The University of Chicago to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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