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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a growing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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