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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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