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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous subjects that elearning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like San Diego State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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