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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these significant new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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