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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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