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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest developments in electronic educational technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to grasp how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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