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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Public servants want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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