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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in digital education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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