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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Moldova to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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