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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these new open educational undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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