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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing desideratum for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses 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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