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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we get a handle on poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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