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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology make it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everybody wants to understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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