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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Educators want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This inspiring new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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