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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Belgium to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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