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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this crescive need for data the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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