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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in learning technology have enabled students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important 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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