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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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