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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive these important new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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