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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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