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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to understand these intriguing new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for data the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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