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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Christmas Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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