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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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