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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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