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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also articulates 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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