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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have empowered students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also studies the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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