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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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