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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also considers the 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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