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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest developments in elearning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Greenland to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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