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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these fascinating new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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