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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in e-learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to better understand these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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