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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in digital education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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