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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this increasing demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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