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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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