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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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