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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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