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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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