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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in learning technology enable learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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