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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to understand these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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