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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to consider now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by institutions like Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants want to better comprehend these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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