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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also explores the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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