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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in distance learning make it possible for humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Solomon Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also researches 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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