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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like YouTube to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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