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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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