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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology make it possible for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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