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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in e-learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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