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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also addresses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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