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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology institutions have to consider now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a growing need to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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