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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning technology have empowered students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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