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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to better perceive these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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