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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like WizIQ to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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