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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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