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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in digital education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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