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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are free for learners 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 a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this demand for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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