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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in elearning enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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