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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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