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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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