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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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