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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Suriname to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better grasp these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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