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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Albania to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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