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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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