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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to understand how these MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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