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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in digital education technology are making it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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