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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in e-learning are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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