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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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