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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in e-learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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