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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in e-learning are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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