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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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