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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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