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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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