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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Facebook to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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