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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology enable students all over the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online education becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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