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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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