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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent evolvements in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing need for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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