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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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