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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants need to better perceive these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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