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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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