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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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