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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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