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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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