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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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