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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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