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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is good? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to know how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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